Hand-strap for cars



(No Model.)

J. S. SAVAGE, Jr. 85 G. R. TAYLOR. HAND STRAP FOR CARS. No. 592.919.

Patented Nov. 2, 1897.

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HAND-STRAP FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 592,919, dated November 2, 1897. Application filed March 3, 1897. Serial No. 625,876. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES SULLIVAN SAV- AGE, J r., and GEORGE Rosn TAYLOR, citizens of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Straps for Cars, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hand-straps for tramway cars, elevated railway cars, and other vehicles; and the object thereof is to provide improved devices for connecting said straps with the horizontal rods or bars by means of which they are supported or from which they are suspended, a further object being to provide a deviceof this class which is adapted to be pivotally mounted on said rods or bars and which is adapted-to turn thereon, said device being provided with an arm which is normally held in a horizontal position and to which a strap may be secured, said arm being adapted to be depressed by pulling on said strap, said devices being also provided with means for holding said arm in a horizontal position; and with these and other objects in View the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arran gement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the ment are designated by numerals of reference in each of the views, and in said drawlng. a

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a portion of a car provided with our improvement; Fig. 2, an inside view thereof at right angles to Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of construction; Fig. 4, a View thereof similar to Fig. 2; and Fig. 5, a side view of our improvement, showing the same connected with the horizontal rod or bar of the car and showing also a slight modification.

In the drawings forming part of this specification we have shown at 5 a part of a car and at 6 a rod or bar which extends therethrough and from which hand-straps are usually susseparate parts of our improve-- pended, and in the practice of our invention We provide an improved hand-strap holder which consists of a head 7, which is provided with an arm 8, with which a strap 9 is connected, and the head 7 of the holder is circular in form and the rod 6 passes eccentrically therethrough, the hole in the head through which the rod 6 passes being formed adjacent to the arm 8, whereby thelower portion of said head or that opposite the arm 8 is weigh ted, as shown at 10. Vie also preferably secure to the head 7 of the holder a supplemental strap 11, and in the normal position of our improved strap-holder the arm 8 will be held in a horizontal position and will project toward the side of the car and will be prevented from turning in a horizontal position by the roof of the car, against which it strikes, or any suitable means may be provided to accomplish this result.

A person of the average or more than the average height may use the strap 11, while a a person of less than the average height may use the strap 9, and when the strap 9 is in use the holder will assume the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, and persons of less than the average height will thus not be compelled to strain themselves or stand on tiptoe in order to reach one of these supporting-straps.

Another advantage of this construction is that any person may use the strap 9 or hold on to said strap when standing in the car and at the same time will be able to use his hand, as the weight of the head 7 is barely such as to hold the arm 8 in a horizontal position when said arm is not in use, while at the same 'time the strap 9 and said arm 8 will serve for-the purpose herein b efore described and support a person when necessarv.

In Figs. 3 and 4 we have shown a modification of this construction in which'the arm 8 and the head 7 thereof, through which the rod 6 passes, are preferably composed of sheet or other metal, and secured to the rod 6, by means of a set-screw 12, is a spring pawl 13, which is designed to hold the arm 8 in the raised position, and against which said arm operates when drawn outwardly. The spring-pawl 13 is curved and provided at its end with a hook 14, which passes through an opening 15 in the arm 8, and said arm, while being free to turn on the rod 7, is also held in connection with or adjacent to the pawl 13. This form of construction avoids the necessity of making the head 7 in the form of an eccentric, and the arm 8 and head 7 of the holder may be composed of heavy sheet metal, if desired, or of any preferred material.

In Fig. 5 we have shown one form of our improved strap-holder disconnected from the car, and in this form of construction the eccentric head 7 is provided with a tubular projection 16, into which the arm 8 is inserted, and in all the forms of construction herein shown and described it will be understood that the strap-holder is adapted to turn on the rod or bar 6, and that the arm 8 is held in a horizontal or substantially horizontal position when not in use.

Having fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A hand-strap holder for cars and other vehicles, said holder being provided with a head through which a rod or bar connected with the car or vehicle is passed, and said holder being adapted to turn on said rod or bar, and being provided with an arm which is normally held in a horizontal position, and

with which the strap is connected, substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein-described hand-strap holder for cars or similar vehicles, said holder consisting of a head through which is passed a rod or bar which is supported within the car,

and said head being provided with an arm to which is attached a strap, and means connected with said head for holding said arm in a horizontal position, substantially as shown and described.

3. The herein-described hand-strap holder for cars or similar vehicles, said holder consisting of a head through which is passed a rod or bar, which is supported within the car, and said head being provided with an arm to which is attached a strap, and means connected with said head for holding said arm in a horizontal position, and said head being also provided with a supplemental handstrap, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 27th day of February, 1897.

JAMES SULLIVAN SAVAGE, J R.

GEORGE ROSE TAYLOR. \Vitnesses:

ROBERT WAssoN LYTLE,

FRANCIS J. STEPHEN. 

